The health sector is a complex beast for architects to tackle. And the demands of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in both the public and private sectors add another layer of complexity to the design process. This article highlights the fact that healthcare complexity is currently exceeding healthcare budgets. This is despite the fact that the UK and US Governments are focusing on healthcare ICT as a way of reducing the cost of administration and medical errors. Therefore the selection of healthcare design is likely to be influenced by the need to incorporate new and old technology to optimise the efficiency in hospitals, rather than to make capital cost savings.
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